Construction accident sends 3 to hospital

May 28, 2008|STAFF REPORT

MISHAWAKA -- Construction workers were injured in a fall Tuesday while working on a parking garage project near the new Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center complex. Joel Reutter, speaking on behalf of BremnerDuke Realty, said four construction workers pouring a concrete slab for a parking garage fell 17 feet when the slab gave way. Three of the workers were taken to Memorial Hospital in South Bend. The fourth man refused medical treatment. Two of the workers had been released from the hospital as of Tuesday afternoon, Reutter said. "We have a number of individuals investigating the incident to find out how the decking collapsed while the contractors ... became injured today," Reutter said in a statement. BremnerDuke is building a medical center building near the hospital complex, Reutter said, and the workers were employed by H.G. Christman, a South Bend subcontractor.